Living with Volcanoes
N° Description Country The Puy de Côme and its two Strombolian cones embedded in the Puys 1 mountain range France At the foot of the Puy de la Nugère, in the Mallet quarry, men still work 2 with Volvic stone in the same way as their master stonemason forebears France did in the Middle Ages – by hand Explosion in one of the crater mouths on Stromboli in the Aeolian Islands 3 north of Sicily Italy
“Profiteers” at work in the crater of Mount Bromo volcano during the 4 Kasada festival in Java Indonesia
Shamans pay homage to the energy incarnated by the active Santiaguito 5 volcano Guatemala
6 Explosion on the Santiaguito lava dome Guatemala
7 A misty early morning in the vast Tengger caldera on Java Indonesia
On the island of Kyushu in Japan, the practice of Sunamushi (volcanic sand 8 baths) requires you to wear a traditional kimono to prevent you from being Japan burned by the sand which is saturated in volcanic steam.
Lahar quarrying (volcanic mud flows) in a river located at the foot of the 9 Semeru volcano on Java Indonesia
A Maasai warrior looks towards the immense slopes of the Ol Doinyo Lengai 10 Tanzania volcano
The Champagne Pool crater in the geothermal area of Waiotapu on North New 11 Island Zealand
The bottom of the White Island crater lake. The water levels of lakes in New 12 craters can fluctuate very rapidly Zealand Miner climbing up from inside the Kawah Ijen crater on Java, carrying a load 13 of about a hundred kilos of sulphur slabs mined in the solfatara zone (area Indonesia where volcanic gases are being emitted) almost 300 metres lower down
Photographic exhibition presented by the International Geoscience Programme of UNESCO realized by Arnaud Guérin, Photographer, geologist and author
Living with Volcanoes
On Java, at night, the inside of the Kawah Ijen crater takes on a magical 14 appearance with blue flames caused by sulphurous gases burning at very Indonesia high temperatures (more than 700°C)
The city of Antigua, protected by God and directly threatened by the Agua 15 Guatemala volcano
Fossilised animal footprints in the ashes thrown out by the Ol Doinyo Lengaï 16 Tanzania volcano, between 5,000 and 19,500 years old
Basalt columns at Fingal’s Cave on the island of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides 17 UK archipelago in Scotland
Skeletons of the inhabitants of Herculanum in Italy, killed by pyroclastic 18 Italy surges during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD79.
Worshipping Maximón at the foot of the Tolimán volcano on the edge of 19 Guatemala the Lake Atitlán caldera Lava tunnel in the most recent flow from the Piton bleu located in the 20 Plaine des Cafres in the Piton de la Fournaise massif on the island of France Réunion
21 The Lakagígar volcanic fissure from the summit of the the Laki volcano Iceland
22 Feast of Santa Agata in Catania at the foot of Mount Etna, Sicily Italy
Volcanic transfer of livestock on the island of ELLIÐAEY in the Vestman 23 Iceland archipelago, south west Iceland
24 Kesodo ceremonies on the crater lip of Mount Bromo on the island of Java Indonesia
25 Sulphur mine in the crater of Kawah Ijen volcano on the island of Java Indonesia
From crater to processing plant, the yellow gold’s journey from Kawah Ijen 26 Indonesia on the island of Java
Life on the volcanic island of Sakurajima in Kagoshima bay in the south of 27 Japan Japan
Photographic exhibition presented by the International Geoscience Programme of UNESCO realized by Arnaud Guérin, Photographer, geologist and author
Living with Volcanoes
In the crater of Ol Doinyo Lengaï, sacred volcano of the Maasai in the East 28 Tanzania African Rift
Scientific expedition to the bottom of the Creux Soucy (Soucy Pit) at the 29 France foot of the Puy de Montchal in the Auvergne region
30 Growing basil in the volcanic subsoil of Naples Italy
31 Chagras of Cotopaxi volcano Ecuador
Photographic exhibition presented by the International Geoscience Programme of UNESCO realized by Arnaud Guérin, Photographer, geologist and author